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l'be warring democratic factions vow
bare the center of the local stage. t
At last reports the ticket scalpers
till bad their scalps on straight
Even though Wisconsin republicans
are dlridod, no democrat is so sanguine
aa to predict democratic success in that
state.
' f The' "yellow perU" ' must indeed - be
' threatening when It diiyes McLean and
Tom ' Johnson into each others arms in
Ohio.'- ''-.i'. .;.
' If these contradictory dlspatdbes con
tinue Che reading public rill be wonder
ing if, Feng Wang Cheng is s place r
v condition, ."... 4 :j. u! .'J. i !. . ,H
Colombia says it does not, want a min
ister from the fnlted States at this
time, ..Possibly It prefers to greet blm
when ,be comes by the way of the
Panama canal.
, ... . ,A, , ... j '
Wonder if the recent reduction in the
price of beef to Uncle Ram, as shown
In recent bids' made at ,OmabaVbad any
connection with the Investigation of the
Beef trust now In progress? - 0
The World-llerald proves its charges
agflLnst the republicans by quoting' the
Lincoln News, and the Lincoln paper
supports its contentions a gainst the
democrats by citing the World Lfera Id.
Tit for tat
If the state of, Nebraska were as rich
ss the railroads would like to make U
appear, those roads could well afTord
to pay taxes on twice what they are
worth in this state, for the privilege of
doing business with such prosperous
people. ,. j' -
' The democrats will have slmost twice
ss many seats for- newspaper men in
their national convention as will be at
the disposal of the republican national
committee. Very likely the seating ca
pacity ia In proportion to the fun, which
will follow.
Nebraska Is to have name also be
fore the prohibition convention for s
place on its national ticket No po
litical party, great or small, can get
together nowadays to choose its stand
ard bearers without finding soma Ne
braska timber in the eligible Hat
George Gould, is experiencing , almost
, ss much trouble in getting his railroad
, started from tho Pacific const as he
experienced In getting s line to the At
lantic seaboard. Uut be has demon
strated the fact that the present gen
eration of Goulds are hot wreckers.
"The platform is direct snd unequiv
ocal," says Itoss Hammond in bis news-paper.,-
lie ought to know, because he
Wrote all of It all except the unequiv
ocal words "at full market value," which
be commends moxt and which was
forced on htm in the resolutions com
mittee. The call for the democratic state con
vention to meet here In Omuba next
week opens the way for fhe revival of
the odious proxy system, the only lim
itation on the bargain and sale of proxies
being that the purchaser must reside
la the same district as tbs seller. And
the democrats used to call themselves
part of the allied "reform" forces of
Nebraska.
The bitch that Is said to have occurred
ever the bids for supplying shoes to the
Indians recalls vividly the Item of 100
gross boxes of shoe blacking that ap
peared la tbs list of Indian supplies for
warded to Calif orul Indians two years
ego. Wbotber the Indians used the
Hacking as external polish for their
bodies, r p&tSa4 It fotarnsJly to I oUU
jUelr to macks has Aoi yet transpired.
' plat 1 99 rnsitt tnvup 6 a rd
The rallrod tax agents Lire played
their tramp card la the shape of
extravagabt futlmate of the wealth
Nebnaka aclentlflcally rrfparwl
an
of
by
I'rof. A. E. DaTidaon of the SUte nnt-
Temlty.'Dub'libed In tbe Lincoln Jour
nal Sunday under this beading: "More
Than Two Billlona Nebraska'! Weaita
Monnta I'd Into Enormons Tign
For-H-ait of Aaeartient Prof. Davldaon
of tb Unlreraity Glrea the Wraith
Every County After Careful Study
The summary of this scientific estimate
Drecented In tabular form is as follows
Value Of Nebraaka farma I 5,78,n
Value of town real eatate
Mon'py on depoalt
Btorks of merchandise
Live atock
Other property eicept raJlroada..
Value of lira stock aold In fa..,
Value of farm product, 19T3
Value of dairy and poultry prod,
acts, 104
yi.4Ti.ns
S0.129.741
1.4M,1Z5
ZA.U2. 126
JC.OOO.OOO
so.ono.co
39Mal property of the state.
except railroad S1.989,C21,424
This stupendous array of figures thst
lie is presented with the following ex
planatlon:
In estimating the value of all other
property, except that of the railroads, the
raJue of which Is ascertained by theN8Ute
Board of Equalization, the wriur baa as
sumed that this property, which Is almost
entirely personal, baa been aaseesed at
the earn rats at which other personal
property, the value of which has been
ascertained beyond all question of a doubt,
has been assessed. The writer believes
that When the grand assessment roll of
1901 baa been completed .the footing wilt
show that his figures are very nearly true.
Prof. Davidson has overshot the mark.
Ills computation of farm land values
leaves out of consideration the fact that
millions of seres are unsalable at-any
price, and that hundreds of thousands
of acres are ravines and sand hills that
could not be made productive even by ir
rigation, but these worthless land are
counted In at from $3 to $5 per acre.
The estimated value of city and town
real estate la equally extravagant snd
deceptive. There are thousands of lots
in towns and cities that could not be
sold for the back taxes, and' other
thousands that are dead property, al
though presumed to have market value.
Prof. Davidson's bank deposits leaves
out of account the fact that man' mil
lions of dollars in the national and state
depositories represent United , States
government funds deposited by post
masters, customs and army officers, as
well as state, county and municipal
treasurers4 deposits, and deposits made
for fraternal Insurance, educational and
benevolent institutions that are not tax
able. y
The value placed upon stocks of mer
chandise -.by Prof. Davidson does not
take" into account flie fact that the bulk
of" the merchandise "represents credits
given by eastern 'merchants and- manu
facturers, snd much of it is sold on com
mission. The value1 6t isstjyeaps farm products,
which Prof 'Davidson computes as a
taxable asset, representing $130,00289,
Includes tbs products consumed in Ne
braska. - Prof., Davidson might Just jis1
well include in the value of assessable
wealth all the products of 'the nlll snd
factory consumed last year by a popula
tion Of more, than laGO-OOO.- the clothing
on their backs, and the money spent
for amusements. " '- :-
After crediting $139,000,000 to the
$2,000,000,000 column of wealth as the
value of llva stock Ton the farm, the
great Calculator adda $30,000,000 as the
probable value of live stock sold last
year. The bulk of this money, as well
as the proceeds from the sale of farm
products and from dairy products, was
already included In the bank deposits
and the $200,422,125 of other property
except railroads. It is possible that Ne
braska dairy and poultry products for
1008 aggregated $30,000,000 in market
value, but the bulk of these products
have been marketed and put In banks
and the residue, like the surplus from
live stock and grain marketed, was
cither used for the paying of mortgages
or for improvements on the farm. In
either case they have already been In
cluded in the farm land value, the Im
provements on the farm or in tho bank
deposit column. It Is safe to say, how
ever, that a very respectable percentage
of dairy and farm products is self-consumed
by the producer and surely does
not constitute taxable wealth.
now a man who values bis profes
sional reputation could present such' a
preposterous Computation of the taxable
wealth of Nebraska seems past compre
hension. The only rational inference is
that this table, like the riddled bulletins
of 1002, prepared by authority of the
railroads, 'was gotten up to confound
and confuse the state board of railroad
assessment If it were true that the
taxable wealth of Nebraska, excepting
that of railroads, verges on $2,000,000,
000, the returns of the county assessors
for 1004 would have to aggregate some
thing approximating that amount or the
assessment Of the ' railroads at their
actual value would seem to be griev
ously unjust.
It Is amaslng that Prof. Davidson
could be induced to father anch a trans
parent scheme of deception and It would
be more amaxlng if the state board
were to imagine that the taxpayers of
Nebraska will take any stock In Prof,
Davidson's Inflated estimate, which In
cludes, with the valuation of coinnod
Itlea produced, the valuation of prod
ucts consumed, with the money depos
ited in banks, the value of the products
converted into money and deposited In
the banks, the price of merchandise
stored In wholesale and retail concerns
without computing whether the prop
erty Is paid for and owned by the mer
chant or held by blm for sale on com
mission.' It is extremely doubtful
whether the taxable wealth of ' Ne
braska, except railroads, exceeds $1,200--000.000.
- ' .
Automobile owners who want to per
ambulate Omaha streets will have to
register their machines aud exhibit the
numbers assigned to thein hi cousplcu.
ous place, Tils banlshl) is not so much
in the registration or in the -display of
numbered cards, but In the creation of
a record of ownership that Tax Com
mlssloner Fleming will be sure to ap
propriate to his' own nses when be comes
to. make np the. next assessment of per-
sonal property. "
i i
STILL BUPISU tVfi CLtTttASD.
There Is a considerable number of
democrats who are not willing to accept
the declaration of Mr. Cleveland that be
does not desire again to be a candidate
for president and who are hoping that
events will so shape themselves st St.
Louis as to bring about bis nomination,
Evidence of this comes from New York
and from Indiana and unquestionably
the ex-presldent has numerous friends
In other states who would gladly see
him made the standard-bearer of the
party once more, in the earnest belief
that he Is the only democrat who would
have any chance of being elected.
In Indiana the gold democrats are
forming an organization for Cleveland
and the movement la reported to be
progressing most favorably, so far as
the democrats who revolted in 1800 are
concerned. A leader in the movement Is
quoted as saying that all of the gold
democrats are for the ex-presldent In
the Tllden and Manhattan clubs of New
York Mr. Cleveland has s number of
supporters, who figure that Parker will
fall of nomination and that the conven
tion, after a bitter fight will once more
turn to the only democrat who has been
elected president since the, civil war and
nominate him for the fourth time. This
ia of course possible, but at present it
does not seem . at all probable, since
Mr. Cleveland has no organized Strength.
Those who are hoping for his nomlna
tion, however, are not altogether unwar
ranted in believing that he would ac
cept a nomination. The pains he has
taken to defend his last administration.
particularly in regard to the bond trans
action, naturally suggests that be is
holding himself in reserve as a caruH
date. '
.' TKLXj iT TO THM GRAND JVBT,
. Two years ago reputable and respon
sible gentlemen occupying positions as
members of the school board, appended
their names to a manifesto, In which
the charge was made that large sums
of money had been collected from keep
ers and Inmates of lawless and dis
orderly resorts and from gamblers and
divided between the mayor, the chief of
polico and an unnamed party. These
grave accusations were given wide pub
licity and used ss political capital In
the school, board election. When the
men who bad signed this manifesto were
called before the grand. Jury 'they ad
mitted that they did not know any
thing personally, but had signed their
names to the document without even
knowing its contents at the request of
one member who tried to Justify him
self oh . the grourid of 'Veil defined
rumor." . -. . i - "
Can it be possible that the manifesto
recently issued by the executive com
mittee of the Civic Federation Is to be
a repetition of tbs well defined rumor
manifesto of the school board? In this
Instance the signers, each for himself
and all for. all, solemnly declared thst
after full Investigation they are impelled-
to make public the fact that
Omaha has became a resort of bur
glars, footpads and porch-climbers, and
that gambling and criminal vice are
protected for pay by the law officers,
which, of course, Includes the 'police
commission, the police, sheriff, county
attorney, city prosecutor and every man
charged with the repression and punish
ment of crime.
When reputable men assume respon
sibility for such accusations they must
surely have personal knowledge or re
liable information to make good the
charges or to substantiate them. The
proper tribunal for "making good" is
the grand Jury.
lit ASSURING MOCTIlARII REPUBLIC.
President Roosevelt's letter to the
Cubans In New York, on the occasion of
celebrating the second anniversary of
the independencs of Cuba, contained a
timely statement of the position of the
United States toward the republics of
this hemisphere which will be approved
by our people generally and should be
reassuring to the people of those repub
lics. The issue between Colombia and
the United States caused some 111 feeling
in a few of the southern countries.
Their sympathy was with Colombia and
there has recently been expressed a
sentiment In that quarter favorable to
a Latin-American union with a view to
protection against a possible policy of
aggrandizement on the part of the
United States. This denotes an ap
prehension for which, of course, there
Is no valid reason, yet which may easily
grow and which certainly will not lack
foreign encouragement
Therefore the president's statement of
the position of thla country is timely
and ought to have a good effect He
voiced the practically unanimous senti
ment of our people in saying that all
they desire la to see all neighboring
countries stable, orderly and prosperous.
"Any country whose people conduct
themselves well con count upon our
hearty friendliness, wrote Mr. Roose
velt. "If a nation shows that It knows
how to net with decency In bad ust rial
and political matters, If It keeps order
and pays its obligations, then it need
fear no interference from the United
States. All that we ask is that they
shall govern themselves well and be
prosperous and orderly. Where this is
the case, they will find only helpfulness
from us." Can there be any doubt as
to the propriety of our Baking) these
conditions of the republics to whose pro
tection from foreign aggression ws are
committed sad some of which unques
tionably owe their iudopendence and the
security of their territory to our protec
tion. It has been so often declared that the
United States does not desire sny
South or Central American territory
that It Is remarkable there should exist
any doubt on this score. As to
the feeling of unfriendliness toward us
In the southern countries, it is chiefly
due, of course, to the war with Spain
nd it is not to be doubted that It ba
received mere or less encouragement
from foreign competitors for the trad
of those countries. It will disappear In
time and the construction of the Tan
sma canal will undoubtedly contribute
very greatly to this. In the carrying
out of that great enterprise this repub
lic and those of the southern continent
win be brought Into more Intimate com
merclal relations and therefore Into
closer friendship. The 'progress snd
prosperity of the nations of the south
will promote the growth, the wealth and
the power of the United States and
hence ws desire that thoss countries
hall be stable and orderly. We want
them as friends and allies, working
with us In advancing the interests and
welfare of the western hemisphere.
Eraatus A. Benson refuses to accept
the position, on the .school board to
which he was ejected st the last meet
ing. It is only fair to say, however.
that the fact that the position carries
no salary with It has nothing to do with
the refusal to serve. The reason given
is lack of time to devote to the duties
of the office. But should the people of
Omaha see fit to- make him mayor, we
have no doubt Mr. Benson would find
the time.
Stockholders of the Denver & South
western railroad are to be treated to
the experience of holding the bag as
well as the stock, while the bondholders
dispose of the assets. It wss s good
thing while the monopoly lasted, but
competition brought traffic In the gold
gelds to a business basis and the squeez
ing of water drowned the investors.
Tjh ere Is said to be a hitch in the
awarding of the contracts for Indian
supplies because Chicago bids for shoes
were considerably lower than those of
St Louis. Why should there be a hlteh
about the cost of shoes for Indians?
Why should Indians wear shoes , when
they prefer moccasins for winter and
want no shoes at all in summer?
It apparently doesn't phease 8 St
Petersburg expert to send out a story
Of the loss of, an entire Japanese. army
one day and on the next to say there
was no fighting. When the war ends
an expert like that Should command al
most any salary from the big American
yelllow Journals. .. ! .r
The anti-boycott ' league is truing to
stop boycotttlng If Jt has to .boycott
everybody In Axaerlca. who does . not
agree with it - i
Kladly Aaswer the Kaek. ,
Baltimore 'Aasertcan. ' '
The open door focrUnele Bam whenever
and wherever h k necks. : And Chins, must
distinctly undras4 ;th same. ...
yAt the Head of the Pwah.
Bt Louis Qlobe-Democrat.
As aa exporter of domestic products the
United States holds the first place, the
total for nine months ending with March
reaching $1,149,000,000, which Is r7,OO0.O0O
ahead of British exports for the same time.
Wherra Ssala lias the Lass;.
Atlanta Constitution. - ;
Spain's minister at Washington declares
that the loss of its colonies was the best
thing that ever happened to "his country.
And no doubt Spain gets a heap o quiet
satisfaction watching Uncle 8am walking
the floor with 'em.
Ripe far the Fwaeral.
Chicago Chronicle.
Mr. Bryan's demand upon his follower
to "live for their platforms and If need be
to die for their platforms" comes a little
late, In view of the fact that all the follow
ers he ever had that tried to stand on one
of his platforms are already dead polit
ically. Wave Breaks Oat la Poesy
Chicago Chronicle.
In denying that he has resigned and In
protesting against relegation to prlrats Ufa
oftener than once a week Pension Commis
sioner Ware has broken a precedent estab
lished by himself when he wrote:
Sometimes happening along s
1 had heard the aemlaong,
And I often used to amlle.
More in sympathy than guile i
But I never eald a word
In regard to what I heard.
Llneola Hear4 la the South.
Leslie' Weekly.
A little Bids light on the decline of sec
tionalism in the south and the growth of
a more tolerant and fraternal spirit In all
matters affecting pur national Ufa was
afforded the other day in the aotlon of the
Mississippi legislature in voting down by
a decisive majority a proposition to change
the name of a county from Lincoln to
Jeff Davis. Among those who voted against
the change were a number of confederate
veterans. That these legislators were not
averse at ths same time to do honor In
some other way to a leader of the con
federacy was shown by their action at the
same session in making the birthday of
Jefferson Davis S publio holiday In the
state.
Paste Tkls tm Tear Bat.
UncoUt State Journal.
The northern fellows who tipped over
the Burlington machine in the state con
vention are popularly supposed to be rail
road men themselves, and the outcome is
called in Lincoln a victory for ths Union
Pacific- and Northwestern Interests. The
representatives of these road, however,
disclaim tho honor. They say they tutvs
no desire to take a band in politics, except
to clean out the old Burlington crowd
that has brought the polltlos of the state
Into so much disrepute. Tho fact Is well
known that the victory of the northern
folks tn the convention was planned by
W, It Harrison of Grand Island, N.' D.
Jackson of Neligh and Ross Hammond
snd B. B. Schneider of Fremont The atti
tude of the quartet was explained by one
of them to a friend after the convention.
There baa been too much taking of orders
from the railroads In Nebraska," he said.
'It is time for a new deal. Up In our
part of the state we don't sak the railroads
what they want. We tell ths railroad
what ths people want We let them know
that they will be better oft In ths end If
they encourage the big men In ths party
to come to the front and let the people
run the state government than they would
be If tbey helped fill the state effloea with
men who would shame the state and In
time bring about a revolSxlon. The North
Platte will show the state yet that ths
defeat ef the Burlington machine doesn't
mean the building ef aaothaf railroad
OAcblus to taas lis pises."
ROCSD ABOV'T IEW TOIUC
Rip lee m the Cwrswat ef Life la the
Metre sella.
Greater New Tork Is now In the vortex
of a moral spasm tbs like of which has not
been experienced In a generation. What
Is mora. It strikes the good and the shady
alike, aad there's no telling how long It will
last The experience is such a rare one for
the natives that they scarcely know what
to make of It, while students of social evo
lutions have In sight enough material to
keep them busy during Sytime.
The immediate causa of ths eruption Is
ths fight on poolrooms, In which race gam
bllng is carried on. Driven Into a warm
eornr om the charge of being allied wits
unlawful occnpatlona, ths Western Union
Telegraph company took; radical measures
to square Itself with the publlo by catting
out wires connecting poolrooms with rao
tracks. Then tho police got busy and gath
ered in ths furniture and fixtures of nlae- I
teen poolrooms.
Ths poolrooms bare undoubtedly
hard bit by this radical action. It Is said
on good authority that there are fully M
of these places in New Tork City and that
from 1400,000 to 1000.000 a day Is put up In
them In the height of the racing season.
There are two things that poolroom must
have in order to do business. One Is that
the news must be had Immediately and ths
other is that It must be correct
Will they go out of business T
No one supposes that they wlIL There
ia too much money made In the business
to permit that; there are too many people
who want to gamble to permit It
But that they will be crippled tor o. time
no on denies.
The number of people regularly afloat on
the waters of New Tork would form a very
respectable city If they were brougjit to
gether on land In some place where they
were not hidden by the vast slse of the
metropolis. The great ocean liners con
tribute no Inconsiderable quota to New
York's floating population, for In addition
to their regular sea-going complement of
from too to GOO persons there are the extra
employes who constitute the port crews
and who are engaged In various 'tasks of
refurnishing and loading the big ships dur
ing their stay In harbor. Then there are
the canal barges that have come all the
way from Buffalo through ths state's hls-
torto ditch and down the Hudson, carrying
coal and grain and all sorts of bulk In
freight In summer they are strung out In
fringe that extends around Manhattan
island; In winter a whole city of them dus
ters together at the Erie basin and there
Is a season of social gayety among the In
habitants. Every one of these beats Is
fitted with family apartments at one end
and with a stable for the mules at the
other, and each carries, besides the men
and women and mules, one or two dogs and
few children.
The unfeeling station master has discov
ered the negro porters of the Grand Central
station In addition to their Jl per month
wages have been making 100 and $70 addi
tional from tips. A ukase at once was Is
sued that' the company pay roll should
know them no more. Hereafter the gener
osity of the public must stiffen
There was consternation at first at ths
pews of this retrenchment by the com
pany, but upon It being explained that In
reality the company did pot require the
services of the attendants, and that It only
consented to have them stay out of pure
goodness of heart, the men put on a brave
face and decided to "worry along" on what
the publlo would give them.
"The area of Manhattan Island Is slmost
exactly the same now; as it was on the date
of consolidation, January , MM," says the
Sun. "There has been ho considerable ad'
ditlon to the area of the island, 11,574 seres.
by the making of new lands, by the ex
tension of the river lines or by any filling
in. -
But while there has been ne addition
during the past six years, there ha been
a constant and Increasing reduction of ,tha
area of Manhattan Island available for gen
eral building purposes. Every new park
which has been opened, every school cite
which has been established, every engine
or Are house, every court or public build
ing which has been constructed, still fur
ther diminishes the amount of vailable
space ln-he city.
.The park area is now 1,400 acres and
new parka are under way. A still greater
cause for the diminution In the area of
Manhattan Island available for business or
residence purposes is found in other direc
tions. On the west side four blocks formerly
containing a large population have been
practically rased for the requirements of
the new Pennsylvania terminal. On the
upper east side a large area on either side
of the Grand Central station's entrance
has been required for the improvements
under way under the direction of the New
Tork Central railroad.
On the lower east side several city
blocks' have been rased and the population
scattered under the requirements of access
to the new Williamsburg bridge.
These changes, though only part of the
comprehensive development of New York's
transportation facilities and an Incident of
Its enormous growth, leave Manhattan
Island smaller In its area for building than
It was Ave years ago, and It does not ap
pear that the work of progress and diminu
tion has stopped."
The Telephone building, whloh fronts on
Broad street occupies the whole western
end of the block between Stone and earl
streets, except one little lot 18x10 feet
on the Stone street corner. A tiny, old
brick building stands there, overshadowed
by the high walls of the Telephone building
on two sides.
Passersby often wonder why that small
plot wasn't Included In the big building.
The story Is that the owners wanted so
much for the lot that the owners of ths
Telephone building refused to buy the land,
preferring to build without the full front
age. The chief Interest In the tiny build
ing, however, lies In tbs fact that the lot
on which It stands has retained Its present
dimensions for fully SO years.
Between 168$ and 144$ Cornelius Meylan
owned most of the block on which the big
and little buildings now stand, He had a
house near the present corner of Pearl and
Broad streets and he was a bitter enemy
of William Kleft, the Dutch governor.
Kieft seised Meylan's land,, and Meylan
became s fugitive; but the governor, fear.
Ing he bad gone too far, restored to Mey
lan's wife, who remained In the colony, a
lot eighteen feet square, where she built a
house. This lot was Identical with the sits
of the small house at Stons and Broad
streets. '
When Stone street was straightened a
slice was taken from the lot; otherwise it
Is unchanged. It has preserved Its Identity
for fully two and a half centuries.
Tbs prlsonsr was Joseph S. Whitfield,
4$ years old, who hsd been arrested for
Intoxication. He was standing In lino with
ths other prisoners when Magistrate Crane,
In the Harlem court, saw him and ordered
him to coma before the bench.
Isn't your name Whitfield? asked the
magistrate.
Vss," ths man replied, apparently as-
tonlahad.
Didn't you work for It B. Claflln A
Co, thirty years agoT" continued Magis
trate Crane,
"Tea," said Whitfield, with a puasled
look on his face.
Xou probably don't remember toe,", said
Fifty Yearo
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the magistrate, "but X was a boy In the
store then. Tou were making from $8,00i
to $10,000 a year, and I haven't seen you
since. Has drink brought you to this?"
"No," replied Whitfield. "About slxtoen
years ago I was afflicted with a sunstroke,
and I have suffered from epileptic fits ever
since. I was just recovering from one when
I was arrested." .
Magistrate Crane told Whitfield to go
into his private room, and later heard bis
story.
Whitfield entered the employ of Claflln. A
Co. in 1M0 as a boy at $6 per week. At the
end of nine years, when he left he was r.
celvlng a salary of $$,000 s year from the
firm and also made about $3,000 mors on
commissions.
He want Into business for himself at O
White street, where he dealt In silks and
alpacas. In the panlo of 1871 he failed In
business and lost $100,000 In three days.
Shortly afterward bis wife and daughter
died, and he became despondent He loet
the remainder of his property and earned
his living by peddling.
He told Magistrate Crane he had a sister,
Mrs. Jessie Harris, living in Pueblo, Colo.,
who had sent for blm several times, but he
never had the money with which to pay for
transportation. Magistrate Crane an.
pounced that he would take care of the
man and see that be reached his sister.
PERIORAL, XOTES.
Turkish atrocities are reported at the
Armenian town of Mush. The whole place
Is stirred up.
Speaker Cannon opened ths Illinois con-
van tion with a garal that was made from a
Lincoln flagpole that was raised In Pal
myra, BJ., In I860.
Augustus St Gaudens has sent his ac
ceptance ef the request to design the mono
ment to the late Senator Hatma. - Ths
Statue will be placed In Cleveland, O.
The marquis of Donegal la dead at $X
leaving a widow 24 years of age and an in
fant son. ' The only Item in this announce
ment that does not awaken disgust is con
tained in the first six words.
Americans can all remember the time-
quite recent when ths engagement of gold
for transport gave the country a chill, but
now when $8,000,000 a week goes out ws
simply say, "We're the people that have it
to send."
James F. Hyde, city treasurer, city comp
troller and deputy collector of Lincoln, 111.,
Is claimed to be the oldest municipal offi
cer, the oldest bookkeeper and ths busiest
nonagenarian in ths United States. ' He Is
In his lt year.
Dr. Joachim, the great violinist who has
recently celebrated the diamond jubilee of
bis first appearance in England, began his
studies at 4. was a concert player at $ and
made a great sensation at Drury Lane
when a lad of 11.
The Primrose league in England is al
ready making preparations to celebrate the
100th anniversary of Disraeli's birth on De-
eember tl. It was he who culminated bis
striking and somewhat theatrical oar ear by
making Victoria empress of India.
When Dr. Nan sen has an expedition In
view he dispenses with tobaeoo and all
forms of alcohol and even with his over
coat no matter how severe the Weather
may be. He Is of opinion that by adopting
thla coarse he puts himself Into ths best
possible condition for withstanding cold and
fatigue.
Andrew Beard, a negro who has worked
In ths machine shops of the Louisville V
Nashville Railroad company In Birming
ham, Ala., for twenty years, has Just sold
a patent for a oar coupler of his own in
vention for $100,000. In addition he Is to
get a royalty on every coupler mads on his
model for seventeen years.
''Its all a inatter of tasts, and tsste, RoMnsvoa,
Is any stock la trade." Bosu Brummet to his Valet,
It may be a new Hat-Its a little early for at raw-perhaps, but
they are here. 1
Possibly you are ready for the summer suit - WhaUvsr the day's
weather suggest as seasonable Is ready here, and now, single and
double-breasted sack suits tn a variety of patterns, at $1150, I15.00
and up.
New notions in shirt and underwear.
"NO CLOTHINO FITS UKB OURaj
R. S. WILCOX, Marias'er.
tho Standard
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MKS TO A SMIUE.
"I wonder why people speak' of hor
sense' so much. I a hore supposed to
have more sense than the average man?"
"Sometimes. For Instance, a horse never
goes on a rare track until after he's
broke." Philadelphia Ledger. .'. -i y , .
"Lota of men," observed the philosoph
ical boarder, "acquire the reputation of
being woman haters when tbey. are merely
afraid of the women." Chicago Tribune.
"Aren't you drinking a little' more than
usual f"
"Yes. My wife has a cold m ths head
and can't smell a thing." Chicago post.
Lord Brokelelgh (pomploualy) I've called
sir, to request your daughter's hand in
marriage.
Mr. Roxley That's out of the question,
my man. However, I don't want to seem
altogether uncharitable, so here's $$ for
you. Philadelphia Press, - - ;
"But" said the Englishman, "you have
nothing to see over here nothing In the
way of grand old things that have long
since fallen Into disuse. - ,
"We haven't, ehT Welt till I get you
copy of the city ordinances.'1 Chicago
Record-Herald.
Private Secretary There's a duke' outside
waiting to see you, sir.
American Magnate I can't see hint just
now: there's a directors' meeting..
"If you keep him. waiting he may not
like It."
"Well, give him half million to tre him
quiet." Brooklyn Ufa. ... .
Burt I have no doubt you are' sorry
about your uncle's desth, notwithstanding
It brought you Into a lot of money.
West Yes; he was doing a good busi
ness, you know, and If he had lived a year
or two longer he might have lf mi S
good deal more. Boeton Transcript.
Say Bill is just d greatest kid
Of aH de t'ouaands In oyr. schoot
Nobody else done what he Sid," - q
He's great Bill Is; he, atc3 e ceeC
I In classes-he ain't a Mf qulek, '
Dere's lote In books what Bill don't knew.
His teachen say tie s orful thick; -But
say, dey can't make us think go.
BUI, he's de goods; say, books ts tame,
Dem stujents dey ain't got ds grit .
Ter step right up an' win er game
Like he did wld er t ree-base hit.
New Tork Sue
MEI.1 GARTEN m'EE.t, '
I lofs do bear off Gladys tear,
Uod off dot ieedie flowers;
Map ah, ,HM.,Uin, tn Ant vAm
Vlch greed dot sunny showers;
Bud she who makea meln heart pe glaA
Und pids meln lof avake,
Is meln Katrlna, In the mom, -
At vork mit hoe und rake. .
She has no dime for raising vlowers.
Nor lof for useless .veeds;
She las in spring-dime okkubled
In blending garten seeda
Her railsbes und unnlons, doo,
Mlt ledduces und korn.
Are blaced In leedle blots off grcunt
Py Katrine in de morn.
She vork und mlt dose badlancs
Dose aunachlne und dose rain;
Sha knowa py bast ockaberlsnce
Her vork iss not In vain.
She knowa doee actlf scherm off llf.
Nurtured py mutter earth,
Bchall veel doe vivifying voroa,
Und do a blant git birth. -
Each vead vat Ufds Ids useless bead
Katrlna cute Id down,
Und shooa dot achloksas rtghd avay,
Mlt scarce a baaslng vrow.
Dot vorms und grups on plants und
alts
are quicaiy pua ao roua, : .-. .
Vor Katrine vants dot cap-pa-geg
Do make dose sauerkraut,
So ven 1 sees doss frau oft meln
At vork mlt hoe tnd rake,
I sops avay und laff melneeif
TJndlll meln a ilea vill schake.
I dinks off peets und carroda adored
Ven summer meeds mlt death, - -Off
durnlbs, korn und cap-pa,-ges,
Und unnlons for da preatb, .....
Und ven dot vurst vrult off her vork
Iss on doee duble achpread.
All vet mlt shsrkllng a rob off dW,
Fresh vrom doe garten pod.
I dinks nod off dot Gladyn' flowers,
Bud off meln frau, Katrine;
Und as I ead I sohmlle und aay,
"You are meln garten qoeen.1'
"FRITZ SCHNEIDBIt"
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